Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-04-16

about to enter the house with higid
good-eVenings when Henry the image Of
astonishment, exclaimed:
@AIy motel Miss Harrington. cannot
imagine what you mean. Pardon me, but
there must be some mistake"
sDid you not write me note inviting me-
to 90 to drive with you, Mr.. RichmOnd?"
said she, gazing straight into his eyes, but
becoming suddenly scarlet with amaZsment
and confusion.
@No, Miss Harrington, I came to ask you
to drive with me, but certainly have
written you no note"
aThen what can be the meaning Of this?"
and she drew the precious missiVe from her
pocket, and gave it into his hands.
He read It while all sorts Of expressions
fitted over his face.
Il don't wonder you were going to de-
cline the invitation, but this is the first
time I have ever seen this wonderful com
position How could you believe for one
moment that I had written anything so
presuming?"
@HoW could I help believing it?" said
she. at is certainly signed with your
name, and who would wish to perpetrats
such an atrocious fraud2 What could his
or her motive be?"
@DO you not believe me when say that
did not write it. Miss Harrington"
Certainly, I believe you. did not
dream Of doubling your word. but it is
very strange"
Il think I know the author Of this
charming and delicate joke, hut will you
not forget it now, and accept the invitation
which 1 came to bring you? It is a beaui-
ful evening to drive, and you said that you
had a great desire to see the cataract"
Mary hesitated at first, but he soon sue
/ ceeded in changing her mind on the sub
/ ject. He had no need to entreat like the
anxious lover in the song, ooh, tell me
/ how to WOO thee, dear" he seemed to
understand her perfectly, and in spite of
/ her determination never to marry into a
i family which looked down upon her, she
sonld not resist his manly, straightfor-
ward, and altogether modest way Of coming
to the point.
II should not have spoken so soon, +"
/ said he, in the course Of the evening,
/ though I have been determined to win
/ you if possible from the first, if it were not
/ for this mysterious affair. The person
1 who wrote the note must have known my
/ mind. / should not have dared to call you
my angel, but, nevertheless, have known
] that you were inexpressibly dear to me.
VIII you try to care for me, Mary2 Do
1 you think you ever could care for me as a
/ wife should for her husband27
| "But your mother, faltered Mary, who
was sure that she could care for him, but
shrank from closer acquaintance even
with his family.
II do not ask you to marry her." said
Henry, inteuupting her, "but am very
sure she viii be fond Of you when she
really knows you"
The next day he announced his engage
| ment to Lis mother. Mrs. Richmond, who
had set her heart upon Eva Carleton for @
daughter-in-law,w was at first very indig-
nant, but finally resolved to make the bes
of it, as it was useless to oppose Henry
Afterward, she was delighted with the
match, for it turned ont that Mary belonged
to one of the Oldest and most aristocratit
families in Boston, and was a favoritt
member of the same.
Eva and Carlotta were perfect pictures
Of amazement and chagrin whey then heard
the news, but made it point to call OF
Mary very soon, and were extremely swee
and friendly. Nothing was ever said con,
corning the note, only when Eva and hi
two nephews, Elmer and Ohio, congratu.
lated Henry, he regarded them with a looI
full Of sarcastic meaning, and replied mys.
teriously that he had been the victim Of {
very successful Joke.